On the Coals

Haven’t even thought about a braai since arriving in the UK. Somehow it doesn’t fit.

But that hasn’t stopped me stopping to try the biltong on offer at the Farmers Markets.

Or asking who does the best boerewors on the south coast of England.

Infinity Stainless Steel fjss.co.za

We visited the Phinda Private Game Reserve soon after it opened and sometime before they built the Forest Lodge.

And what I recall most vividly was the clearing and the stacking. The realisation that this was all about turning the turning the clock back and correcting years of inappropriate land management. Today visitors can experience the interaction with lions and rhino after breakfast, a Whale Shark or deep sea fishing in the afternoon and a sumptuous dinner prepared over coals in a boma .

The reserves 17 000 hectares cover seven unique ecosystems at the foot of the Lebombo mountains through to the waters of the Indian Ocean.

The project was started by consolidating of 7,500 hectares of cattle farms between the Mkuzi Game Reserve and Sodwana State Forest Reserve, just north of Lake St. Lucia. In 1991 another 6,000 hectares were purchased and stocked with game in what is one of the biggest restocking exercises on a private reserve in Southern Africa. “In a single decade, the reserve on the Maputaland coastal plain had become a model of what could happen all over Africa. Once again nature had the upper hand.” – Molly Buchanan, Author of “The Return – The Story of Phinda Game Reserve”

◊ Recommendations  Pleeez

Caterers & Supper Clubs

Ireland

Scotland

Vetkoek Paleis Scotland ◊
facebook.com/people/Vetkoek-Paleis-Scotland/100063465823941
Vetkoekpaleis2020@gmail.com
Caterers and events
Edinburgh

North West

Big 5 Catering ◊
big5catering.co.uk
facebook.com/big5catering
goodfood@big5catering.co.uk
Chester

North East

The South African Café ◊
facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088388318525
cindy36mail@gmail.com
Westerhope , Newcastle upon Tyne

Safari Shack ◊
safarishack.co.uk
facebook.com/safarishack1
info@safarishack.co.uk
Material Processing Institute, Eston Road, Middlesbrough
North Yorkshire
Biltong drywors, boerewors, russians
Street food and mobile catering

Yorkshire and the Humber

The Round Table Dining
theroundtabledining.co.uk
facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063830592845
info@theroundtabledining.co.uk
141 Otley Road, Harrogate
North Yorkshire

East Midlands

West Midlands

Salwaa’s Cape Malay Cooking ◊
capemalaycookingdelights.com
facebook.com/capemalaycooking
facebook.com/Halalpiecompany
enquiries@capemalaycookingdelights.com
Birmingham

Wales

South West England

Kalahari Kitchen ◊
kalaharikitchen.co.uk
facebook.com/kalaharikitchen
kalaharikitchen@hotmail.co.uk
Trowbridge Garden Centre, Trowbridge
Wiltshire

South East England

Bokkie ◊
bokkie-foods.com
facebook.com/bokkiefoods
Bokkiefoods@gmail.com
Unit 26 Duck Farm Court, Station Way, Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire

Durban Spice ◊
durbanspice.co.uk
facebook.com/durbanspice
shabs@durbanspice.co.uk
Wheatley, Oxfordshire
Supper Club & Private Caterer

Nyama Catering UK ◊
nyama-catering.co.uk
facebook.com/NyamaCatering
george@nyama-catering.co.uk
Unit 2/2A, Icknield Farm, Ipsden, Oxfordshire

Flame BBQ ◊
flamebbq.co.uk
facebook.com/flamebbq.events
sales@flamebbq.co.uk
Unit 7 Grange Farm, Nelsons Lane, Hurst, Twyford
Berkshire

Springbok BBQ ◊
facebook.com/SpringbokBBQ
charles@springbokbbq.co.uk
Warehouse No10, Newland Farm, Cnr New Bath Rd & Loddon Dr, Wargrave
Berkshire

Braai Club ◊
www.braaiclub.co.uk
facebook.com/braaiclubuk
howzit@braaiclub.co.uk
Unit 16 & 17, Bramley Business Centre, Guildford
Surrey
Caterers and online shop

Braai Fellas ◊
https://braaifellas.com
facebook.com/braaifellas
braaifellas1@gmail.com
Cobham, Surrey

Braai-B-Que Boys ◊
braai-b-queboys.co.uk
facebook.com/braaibqueboys
braaibqueboys@gmail.com
Fareham, Hampshire

East of England
Greater London

 

Index page – Restaurants – Fast Foods

The unforgettable taste of a childhood spent in Africa. Mazoe Orange has a slight edge to it which sets it apart from every other cordial since. Fond memories and a proud relic from days past.

Something that took Coca Cola by surprise when they announced that

Mazoe orange crush has been part of the history of Zimbabwe since the 1930s. Launched by Arthur Sturgess, a drink factory owner from Bulawayo, Mazoe orange crush has been part of the history of Zimbabwe since the 1930s.

Mazoe

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history of mazoe orange

Braai Shack in Wolverton, Milton Keynes is a family-owned restaurant offering a taste of home cooking away from home. A genuine Southern African experience.

The ‘New Queen Victoria Pub’ in Church St was left unloved for a number of years . But after extensive renovations and much needed TLC, it reopened.

One side of the building operating as a traditional pub. Whilst on the other, the English Sunnyside Up Café serves breakfast and lunch during the day. Transforming into the Braai Shack restaurant in the evenings.

Specialising in South African cuisine and beverages I have yet to find a menu which comes close.

Spicy prawns, chicken livers and bunny chow.

Exotic meats such as crocodile, zebra which are served on a hot rock. Wors rolls, vet koek and sosaties.

Growing up in Zimbabwe Roz and Mavis know their kitchen and how to bring back those special childhood memories….koeksisters, milktert and malva pudding.